Notice
My new forum name ScarletSky, this usefullll will be inactive.
My Favourite Android App ?Ringtone Maker
Good & easy interface, a unique feature that you can increase or decrease the volume of the MP3 you editing
https://market.android.com/details?i...ringtone&hl=en ?Droid Anime
Doesn't had much anime like Naruto, Bleach but stream quality is very good even though listed as LowQ (am watching Code Geass season 1 as i typing lol)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.droid.animev2 ?Pocket Manga
Theres alot manga readers applications but i find this particular app offers alot varieties of sources to read from
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ls.manga ?Lookout Security
I actually chose this over avast mobile, maybe that's just me XD honestly don't have much knowledge about mobile anti virus but it's really a lightweight app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout&hl=en ?World Cruise Story
And again, i actually chose this over "Pocket League" <--- soccer management my favourite genre. Needless to say but it's an very addictive cruise management game made by Kairosoft. Free advertising for them! They made many awesome management genre titles ;D. PS for Kairosoft games, Lite version = Trial version
https://market.android.com/details?i...roid.cruise_en Updates
Sorry folks, seems like i can't updates the major stuffs anymore, Avast and others don't works on PS3 ;(. FYI I've sold my computer so yeah.
For your information, my school provides laptops but only for projects, so mostly no internet connectivity.. even if have also risky to login at public usage computers. I'll try to access through my PS3 Internet Browser (it's crashes sometimes) but so far i think there's sufficient updates and i hope it'll benefit more and more users. ;D. Take care everyone.
Introduction
Forum name ''usefullll'' referring to this thread ''usefulness''... i know it's very childish ,did think of changing to another name but pointless since i aren't active on here.
This Thread offers - Basically as stated below
1)
Recommended Anti Virus -
Anti virus,Anti Spyware etc
2)
Software Recommendation -
Registry Cleaner,Anti Rootkit,Defragmentation,Recovery
3)
Recommended Settings -
Including Firefox,Spybot,Avast etc + Screenshots etc
4)
Useful/Recommended Firefox Add-on -
Plus those Hardly known ones yet useful
5)
Download Links -
Added sites are Official or Trusted/Safe websites like Download.com & Filehippo.com
6)
Useful Websites -
Bottom section
7)
Basic Tips -
Thorough Scanning tips ,Reformat or Basic tips for Anti virus etc Recent Updates
My Favourite Android App List -
30th Dec 2011
Updated official Avast 'get license' link
Emsisoft Malware image updated
IObit Toolbox, EEK (Emsisoft Emergency Kit) added
Added links Redirect Remover and Form History Control add-on
Articles and Official Forum links section Removed
Panda, McAfee Rootkit, Eusing Free Registry Cleaner Links
3 CNET Articles Links added
A-Squared Anti Dialer,Advanced Uninstaller Links
Dr Web Link Checker and Click&Clean add-on Links
KeyScrambler Personal, Nightly Tester Tools, CookieCuller
5 Articles links added and Avast image updated
Some Cleanups
Avast 5 Images
File Recovery section - Recuva,Pandora & Jfile recovery
Auslogics Registry,ToniArts & Temp File Cleaner Links
Defraggler download link updated
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
TACO,LongURL,Webmail Ad,Speed Dial & IE tab add-on Links
Wise Disk,Registry Cleaner link
DejaClick add-on
Removed underlining in titles for easier to read
Several new articles links added
Article section
Download Links to all listed software
Separated Some Links from titles
Updates Analyzer section
Firewall section,Wikipedia,FAQ Links
Rootkit software and Comodo updates
A-Squared Image and Links cleanups
Window Cleanup Utility link
Nuke Anything Enhanced add-on
ATF,Regseeker,TweakNow added & Defragmentation section
Ad-Aware,Spybot,nCleaner,CCleaner,SAS Images
Ad-Aware section updates
Cleanups ,Colors updates
MV RegClean added
Offline Storage Firefox interface Image added
Avast,Spybot,Lavasoft,A-Squared,Norton Forum Links
IObit 360 Link and Settings Updated
Avast Registration Link & nCleaner Settings
Websites Information Updated
Infection section
Revo Uninstaller & some Cleanup
System Restore update
IObit 360 section
False Positive Basic Information
Avast Image
ThreatFire software
Firefox Add-On Links
Spyware Blaster issue - Firefox 3.5
Updated Firefox Image
How To Enable Spybot Paranoid mode
Avast Wikipedia Link
Edited Doubled section of Comodo BOClean.
Comodo BOClean been Removed since Discontinued
Avira Wikipedia Link
Avast Recommended Settings,Tick and Unticks
Browser ?Mozilla Firefox 
?Under
Privacy ,Tick
Accept cookies from site,Un-Tick
Third Party cookies settings
?Under
Advanced,Click
Network - Offline Storage to
0 Mb
Recommended Firefox Add-On ?Adblock Plus ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 ?NoScript ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722 ?BetterPrivacy ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623 ?Web of trust ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456 ?Nuke Anything Enhanced ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/951 ?DejaClick ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3262 ?Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO) ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11073 ?LongURL Mobile Expander ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8636 ?WebMail Ad Blocker ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7560 ?Speed Dial ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810 ?IE Tab ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 ?KeyScrambler Personal ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3383 ?Nightly Tester Tools ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543 ?CookieCuller ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/82 ?Dr.Web Anti Virus Link Checker ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/938 ?Click&Clean ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3100 ?Redirect Remover ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/537/ ?Form History Control ?addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12021/ Internet Option Setting ?Under
Security,Internet
Medium setting
?Under
Security,Local intranet
Medium or
Custom setting
?Under
Security,Restricted site
High or
Custom settings
?Under
Privacy,Click
Advanced &
Block Third party cookies.
Accept or
Prompt for
First party cookies.
?Under
Advanced,Un-tick the option Enable
Third party browser extension
?Under
Content,Un-Tick all
Auto Complete Settings
? Quote:
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Affects Internet Explorer Doesn't Save or Store visited websites,User names,Passwords forms etc
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Anti Virus -------------------------------TIPS------------------------------------- ?Only One Anti Virus per computer. Two Anti virus will Conflicts & NOT Double protection ?Download Stuffs with caution and Always Scan before Open the file ?Need Help Remove Infection? Use Trend Micro HijackThis Scan&Save Logs&Paste whole logs at Forum ?Don't click on Unknown Online Ads/Links ?Clear caches after Finish internet by Internet option or preferably Junk Cleaner (CCleaner etc) ?False positive? Suspicious link or website? Upload to Virustotal.com with over 30 Scan engines -
How?
?Schedule/Check updates Daily etc for Anti Virus (
If Manual update Spyware Blaster,
Check updates on weekly basis --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?Avira AntiVir avira.com/en/download/index.php ?Avast avast.com/index ?Avast Free License http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php ?Basically changed all Scanner's Sensitivity levels to
High etc
?Under
Basic Settings and Show special scans in avast interface -
Tick 
Under Maintenance,there's shows the expiry date for Registered License From its description ,meaning its Skip the scan on file if deemed clean previously
so i prefer to let it scan again to ensure computer safety. Including scanning operating system files too ?Do not Scan verified system DLLs, To let it
Scan thoroughly -
Un-Tick 
Anti Malware
More information? :
?Spybot Search & Destroy
Spybot-S&D written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla. Developed by
Safer Networking Limited. Spybot's has
Immunizations,while SD Resident
blocks Bad downloads TeaTimer
monitor changes and HOST file entries,blocks
unwanted sites and
Paranoid mode that asks on any
Unknown changes.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_sp...earch_destroy/ ?Go Setting,Advanced Mode. Under
File Sets -
Tick Usage Tracking Tracks.uti 
?Enable
Paranoid mode.
Right click Spybot Notification icon,include
Paranoid mode (its
Tick-ed when its
On)
?Spyware Blaster
Anti Spyware,Browser protections without running in background.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html ?Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. It detects spyware, viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php ?Under Setting,
Profile Scans -
Un-Tick Executable File only
Skip files larger than 
?Malwarebytes Detects &
Removal only in Free edition,Detects and removes
malwares. Includes
trojans,
rogue software,
browser hijackers and other
spyware components.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ma..._anti_malware/ ?Super Anti Spyware Detects &
Removal only in Free edition. Still effective for
Spyware
and other infections.
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html ?Under Preferences,
Scanning Controls -
Un-Tick Ignore files larger than 4mb Ignore non-executable files Scan only known files types 
?Emsisoft Anti-Malware Free
Scans computer for malicious software, including
Trojan Horses, Dialers, Worms,
Spyware, and
Adware. A-squared Free is specialized in finding,removing them securely etc.
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ ?Under Scan PC,
Custom Scan -
Tick 
?A-Squared Anti-Dialer http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antidialer/ ?IObit Security 360 http://www.iobit.com/security360.html ?ThreatFire
Install Without Anti virus version,Free And Paid protection against zero day attacks.
Works well with Well-Known Anti virus like
AVG,Avast and
Avira etc.
http://www.threatfire.com/ ?Dr. Web CureIt
Basically For me ,i use as Extra Scanner (Not protection) for virus removal. Description below.
Easy to use FREE curing utility to clean your computer infected with viruses and various unwanted
codes by the Dr.Web Anti-virus updated once or several times an hour. Paid version includes virus protections.
http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/ ?Emsisoft Emergency Kit http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/eek/ Anti Rootkit ?Rootkit Buster
Scans hidden files, registry entries, processes, drivers, and Master Boot
Record (MBR) rootkits. In addition,can also clean hidden files and registry entries.
http://download.cnet.com/Rootkit-Bus...html?tag=mncol ?Rootkit Hook Analyzer
Thoroughly analyzes the computer threads to detect rootkits and reveals its location.
Doesn't provide removal along with the software but manual removal is possible.
http://download.cnet.com/RootKit-Hoo...html?tag=mncol ?Sophos Anti-Rootkit http://www.sophos.com/products/free-...i-rootkit.html ?F-Secure BlackLight
F-Secure BlackLight is a tool that detects files, folders and processes hidden from the user and other programs. BlackLight is also able to remove hidden malware by renaming them. Note: F-Secure BlackLight is a Response Lab Tool and is intended for use in customer cases.
Product support is not provided.
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/secu...ght/index.html ?RootkitRevealer http://www.filehippo.com/download_rootkit_revealer/ ?Panda Anti-Rootkit http://download.cnet.com/Panda-Anti-...-10717196.html ?McAfee Rootkit Detective http://download.cnet.com/McAfee-Root...-10720121.html Junk/Registry Cleaner ?IObit Toolbox
Includes Registry cleaners,Registry Defrag, Privacy sweeper etc.
http://www.iobit.com/toolbox.html ?Advanced Systemcare 3
Registry,Junks cleaning. Defragmenter,Spyware defenses all available in the
free version. Paid edition includes Deep scan,scheduling etc.
http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-Sy...=dl&tag=button
*Advance Systemcare 3 Function : ''Delete Window Temporary Files
Older than a week'' means Only delete temporary files older than a week.
?Go Settings,Junk Files Clean. Under
Scan For -
Tick Recycle Bin Temporary IE Temporary Files ?Under
Additional -
Tick Enable Secure Deletion 
?CCleaner
Popular and Free Registry cleaner.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ ?Under
Setting -
Tick Secure file Deletion to Gutmann (35 passes) 
?Under
Advanced -
Un-Tick Only Delete Files In Window Temp Folder Older than 24 hours 
?Comodo System Cleaner
Deep Registry Scan,Tuneup functions etc,entirely free.
Never delete Unsafe to delete entries.
http://system-cleaner.comodo.com/ ?nCleaner
Effective Junk Cleaning & Tweaks & Real Time System Monitor
and lot more functions. Its entirely free as well.
http://www.nkprods.com/ncleaner/ ?Go
Info (Top Right Corner) ,Under
Statistics. Click
More ,Under
General of
File Security -
Tick Shred Files (secure but slower) using Gutmann (35 Pass) 
?Glary Utilities
More than a Registry Cleaner,100% Freeware for this version.
http://download.cnet.com/Glary-Utili...html?tag=mncol ?MV RegClean
An advanced registry cleaner for Windows that can clean and repair problems with your registry. It can help fix problems with the Windows registry that are a common cause of crashes, slow performance and error messages. (Taken from Freeware file site)
http://www.freewarefiles.com/MV-RegC...ram_34489.html ?ATF Cleaner No Install required and Freeware,its provides cleaning for
Windows,User,All User temp,Cookies,Tempo files,
History,Prefetch,Java Caches and
Recycle bin. Includes
Firefox and
Opera cleaning too.
http://download.cnet.com/ATF-Cleaner...html?tag=mncol ?TweakNow RegCleaner
Suitable for Safe registry cleanups. Its Freeware,
Publisher Description : When applications fail to remove their own Registry entries when uninstalled, TweakNow RegCleaner will help you get rid of them. To keep your computer at top performance, it is recommended you periodically clean your Windows Registry to prevent slowdowns. TweakNow RegCleaner has been designed to do this. It has been made to quickly remove unwanted registry items accurately.
http://download.cnet.com/TweakNow-Re...html?tag=mncol ?RegSeeker
Powerful Registry cleaner that can displays can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your,also includes a file tool to search for duplicate files, bad shortcuts and more etc.
http://download.cnet.com/RegSeeker/3...html?tag=mncol ?Eusing Free Registry Cleaner http://download.cnet.com/Eusing-Free...-10521691.html ?Wise Registry Cleaner http://download.cnet.com/Wise-Regist...html?tag=mncol ?Wise Disk Cleaner http://download.cnet.com/Wise-Disk-C...html?tag=mncol ?Auslogics Registry Cleaner http://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-R...html?tag=mncol ?ToniArts EasyCleaner http://download.cnet.com/ToniArts-Ea...html?tag=mncol ?Temp File Cleaner http://download.cnet.com/Temp-File-C...html?tag=mncol ?HLP Free PC Cleaner http://download.cnet.com/HLP-Free-PC...html?tag=mncol Uninstaller ?Revo Uninstaller
Revo Uninstaller was designed to remove unnecessary files and registry entries left behind
by Add/Remove Programs etc.
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_..._download.html ?Window Installer Cleanup Utility http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 ?Advanced Uninstaller http://www.iobit.com/advanceduninstaller.html Defragmentation ?Defraggler
Under the same CCleaner Developer,Use Defraggler to defrag your entire hard drive, or individual files. This compact and portable Windows application supports NTFS and FAT32 file systems. Easy to use and small file size as well.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_defraggler/ ?Smart Defrag
Increases PC speed,including automated defragger,easy to use interface and Low memory usage in background.
http://download.cnet.com/Smart-Defra...html?tag=mncol ?Auslogics Disk Defrag
Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system. It can defragment files, consolidate free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk. Also includes simple user interface, defragmentation report,Low system resources usage. It's also freeware.
http://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-D...html?tag=mncol File Recovery ?Pandora Recovery http://www.pandorarecovery.com/ ?Recuva http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva ?JFileRecovery http://www.jfilerecovery.com/ Updates Analyzer ?Secunia
Basically analyzes your computer,all programs for newer updates if available
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/ ?Update Checker http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ ?Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer http://www.filehippo.com/download_mbsa/ Basic Information and Tips ?Infected by Malwares Malware that installed on computers and collects information about users without their knowledge.
Slows down computer,
System crashes, most commonly
changes your browser page without permission,
Unknown disconnects from internet etc
?False positive
Scan result Indicates that file being
infected.
But in Fact They didn't contain
Any infections. Which sometimes may lead to deletion of important files which might cause system crash,unstable performance etc. Post at Forum (example if use
Avast,then post at
Avast forum)
?Firewall
Basically like a shield to allow or block access for programs in your computer,also can block malicious software,hackers etc.
Every computer must have a Firewall installed. Only
One Firewall per computer,if not will conflict (crashing etc).
http://www.microsoft.com/security/firewalls/faq.aspx ?Reformat Deep reformat only,
Longer duration but effectively erase all the file.
Though not permanently,still useful for clearing up the junks and stuffs.
?Window Update
Install all
High Priorities Updates,Some stuffs Listed as
Custom update,
make sure check all of them before installing. Since it'll took quite sometime to install all of it.
?System Restore
Useful for Reverting back to
Any Saved points when accidentally deletes
Registry Stuffs or Others. If Infected with Spyware,Trojans and use System Restore,can reinfect your System.
Decrease amount of spaces to
1~3%.
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Please Do NOT turn off System Restore on your own trying to remove an infection Unless Advised to Do so
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Thorough Scanning Steps
Restart computer in Safe mode
F8 Key.
Under
Control Panel then click
Folder Options
Shows
hidden files and
folders
Un-tick
hide protection operating system files
Un-tick
hide extension for known file types One scan at
A time
Website Recommendation Download.com (
Useful downloads,not 100% free of spyware,Be careful of what you download)
Filehippo.com (
Useful downloads, not 100% free of Spyware,Be careful of what you download)
Comodo.com (
Comodo products)
Glarysoft.com (
Glarysoft products)
Virustotal.com (
Testing False positives in Files)
Secunia.com (
Secunia inspector and more information)
Safeweb.norton.com (
Many Ratings/reviews on different websites ''
is this Safe?'')
Siteadvisor.com (
Same as Safeweb norton)